- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- First African Baptist Church historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Liberty County
African American churches--Georgia--Liberty County - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Liberty County, 31.80723, -81.45626
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Ga. 119 at Barrington Ferry Rd., west of U.S. 17
Text of marker: "FIRST AFRICAN BAPTIST CHURCH. The First African Baptist Church, the oldest black church in Liberty County, had its origins in the North Newport Baptist Church, founded in 1809. In 1818 the North Newport Church, composed of both white and black members, purchased this site and erected a church building here which had a gallery for the slave members. In 1854 the North Newport Church moved to Walthourville, but the black members in this area continued to use the old building. In 1861 the black members formed their own church organization and the first black pastor was the Reverend Charles Thin. On July 20, 1878 the North Newport Church sold the building to A. M. McIver for $225 for use by the First African Baptist Church. One of the early white pastors of this church was the Reverend Josiah Spry Law to whom a cenotaph was erected here in 1854 by both blacks and whites. Three other neighboring churches have been formed from the membership of this church: First Zion Baptist Church in 1870, First African Baptist Church of Jones in 1896, and Baconton Baptist Church in 1897. ERECTED 1996 BY THE LIBERTY COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_first-african-baptist-church
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_first-african-baptist-church
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
